Invitation card for Kruger's 1989 show at the Fred Hoffman Gallery in Santa Monica.
LA: Fred Hoffman Gallery, 1989. Text printed in white and black against a red background. Couple of soft creases to top right corner, near fine (5.75" x 8.5"). More
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Multi-folded brochure from The Public Art Fund titled "Barbara Kruger: Big Picture".
NY: Public Art Fund/Whitney Museum, 2000. Prints color photos of Kruger's billboards, buses, and large scale works around NYC. Published to coincide with the "Barabara Kruger" retrospective at the Whitney. Included is a press release on Whitney Museum letterhead. Fine (5" x 5" folded). More
Poster designed by Kruger for the 1990 event "Franklin Furnace Fights for First Amendment Rights" at The Public Theater in NYC.
NY: The Public Theater, 1990. A dynamic design featuring an image of a child placing their hand in the mouth of the distorted head of a statue. Lists the participants at this event that included Eric Bogosian, Annie Sprinkle, Allen Ginsberg, Leon Golub, Nancy Spero, and The Guerrilla Girls, among..... More
The Bosozoqu.
Tokyo: Dai San Shokan, 1980. 8vo. Softbound in illustrated wraps with French flaps. First edition. A nice collection of photos documenting Japanese biker gangs. Stunning and very inventive typography and graphic design that must be seen to be appreciated. Minor wear to spine extremities, else a bright, near fine copy..... More
Yayoi Kusama / Paul Damaste.
Enschede: Kunstzaal Enschedese Kunstenaarssocieteit, 1968. Square 8vo. Catalog for this important early exhibition of Kusama's work at the Kunstzaal Enschedese Kunstenaarssocieteit. The back cover features a magenta photo of Kusama naked, with polka dots affixed to her body, posing on top of one of her textile works. Inside are photographs..... More
Ekstasis.
SF: Auerhahn Press, 1959. Softbound. First edition of the author's second book. One of 950 copies. Presentation copy nicely inscribed by Lamantia to fellow poet Stephen Ronan in remembrance of a day spent together: "Stephen & Philip / in / serenity of / the flame, cool / Passion Sunday, 2001..... More
Cool Yule b/w Bear Rug.
Denver: Band Box Records, no date [ca. 1960]. 45rpm record in picture sleeve. Absolutely terrific, ridiculous, and really well executed use of full-on beatnik lingo to tell a couple of humorous tall tales---over jazz background by the Saints. Probably the best beatnik lingo spiel ever recorded. Near mint record in..... More
Original untitled engraving.
n.p.:n.p., [1938]. Shows the intertwined bodies of two fish-like mermaid creatures in white against a brown background. Issued in the French art magazine XXe Siecle No. 4, Christmas 1938, but here offered separately. Fine in its original state with the edges untrimmed and the publisher's staple holes to left edge..... More
Surfing the Conscious Nets.
[SF: Last Gasp, 1995]. Hardbound, issued without dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed by Leary. A graphic novel, illustrated by Robert Williams and others. Inscribed copies of the trade edition are scarcer than the signed limited of which there were 500 copies. Fine. More
Harbinger, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1968 (all published).
Middletown, CA: Harbinger, 1968. After the demise of the San Francisco Oracle, several of the original Oracle staff moved to rural California, started a commune, and published this one issue of Harbinger. Produced in the multicolored, psychedelic style of the original San Francisco Oracle, it's filled with psychedelic art, and..... More
Hashish: The Lost Legend.
[Port Townsend, WA]: Process Media, [2013]. 4to. Hardbound in blue, faux suede-covered boards with an illustrated plate affixed to the cover showing a naked woman emerging from the smoke of a hookah. First edition in English of this charming tale ("a great Oriental Romance") about hashish originally published in Germany..... More
The Sexual Power of Marijuana.
NY: Peter H. Wyden, [1970]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Fine in slightly used dust jacket with internal clear tape reinforcements to top and bottom of spine. More
Silk-screen poster printing a lovely multi-color portrait of Wyndham Lewis by Erik Zeefdruk.
n.p.: Privately published, 1982. Beneath the portrait is printed: "Black Sparrow Press / Wyndham Lewis." One of only 20 numbered copies signed by the artist. Fine ( 25.5" x 17.75"). More
Pads Are for Passion.
[NY]: Beacon, [1961]. First edition of this Paperback Original. Cover illustration of a naked woman with a sheet seductively draped around her while her beatnik lover stands in the background. "An uncensored novel of love among the beats, where every man does as he pleases---and every chick aims to please"..... More
Complete set of Ludlow Library drug-themed notecards.
SF: Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library, 1974. Twelve folding notecards featuring rare graphics of opium smokers and other drug images from the 19th Century and earlier. The wrap-around band is lacking. Fine. More
Mad for Kicks.
Chicago: Novel Books, [1960]. First edition of this Paperback Original. Cover illustration of a seductively-clad woman. "A gang of thrill mad beatniks on a shocking binge of murder, rape, and perversity." Tiny ink check mark to back cover, else very good. Scarce. OCLC turns up only two copies worldwide... More
Dreamweapon 3.
NY: Boo-Hooray, n.d. LP record. First printing, with covers silkscreened in purple with classic Bardo Matrix skeleton motif. Limited to 500 copies. Previously unheard recordings by MacLise and Conrad from the MacLise tape archive. As new. More
Straight Farthest Blood Towards (Opening Section).
Paris: Dead Language Press, [1959]. Square 16mo. Single long sheet folded three times to make a booklet. First edition of Maclise's first publication. Maclise is probably best known as the original drummer for the Velvet Underground. Cover design printed in black with text in red. Very near fine. Scarce... More
Oversize postcard announcing The New York Correspondence School Postcard Show at the Mostly Flowers Gallery in SF, 1973.
SF: Dadaland, 1973. The card lists members of the underground, dada, and surrealist art scenes past and present as participants, including more than a hundred names ranging from William Burroughs, to Marcel Duchamp, Robert Rauschenberg, and Hugo Ball (though it's hard to imagine they all were included in the show)..... More
Handbill reproducing a rubber stamp by Warhol "Andy Warhol: This photo may not be---etc.".
No place: privately published, 1973. 4to. Prints a photograph by Ronnie Cutrone of members of the Bay Area Dada group. Printed in black on white card stock. Fine. More
Poster announcing Mapplethorpe's 1983 show at the Robert Miller Gallery in N.Y.C.
NY: Robert Miller Gallery, 1983. The poster features a striking b&w photograph of Mapplethorpe wearing a long, black leather coat and holding a machine gun while looking directly into the camera. A nicely designed poster by John Cheim for an important show of Mapplethorpe's work that since the late '70s..... More
Beat It, Beatnik: A Comedy in One Act.
Boston: Baker's Plays, [1961]. Pamphlet. First edition. A play with a sympathetic beatnik character. Very good. More
Summer of Love: The Making of Sgt. Pepper.
Surrey: Genesis, 2007. Large 4to. Hardbound in full pink leather with a photo of George Martin inset onto the front cover. First edition thus, deluxe issue. Limited to 350 numbered copies signed by George Martin with an original loose photograph of Martin and The Beatles recording Sgt. Pepper signed by..... More
Peter Max Stationary.
n.p.:n.p., [1969]. A sheet of stationary colorfully illustrated by Peter Max with a blank, cloud-like space in the middle on which to write. Included is an envelope also illustrated by Max. The pair:. More
The Cherub.
LA: Black Sparrow Press, 1970. 4to. Hardbound in paper-covered boards and cloth spine, issued in acetate dust jacket. First edition. One of 250 numbered copies signed by the author. Couple of minute specks to cover, else fine in acetate dust jacket with a 1-inch tear. More